E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Dximaging

Xerox Corporation

Loretta Ann Page

Kathryn A Pearlstine

Lyla M El-Sayed

Sheau-Hwa Ma

Gregg A Lane

Harry J Spinelli

Robert P Held

John A Simms

Waifong Liew Anton

William A Houle

Dennis A Nollen

Michael A Blaustein

An ink jet ink composition and process for printing on vinyl substrates in which the ink comprises an aqueous vehicle containing at least water and a water-miscible glycol or glycol ether, wherein water constitutes no more than 80% by weight based on the total weight of the vehicle; an insoluble colorant (preferably a pigment); a polymeric dispersant; a silicon or fluorinated surfactant; and, optionally but preferably, a graft copolymer binder having a hydrophobic backbone and non-ionic, hydrophilic side chains, which binder is soluble in the aqueous vehicle but insoluble in water.

Aqueous pigmented ink jet inks for printing on vinyls

Inks for ink jet printers contain an aqueous carrier medium; a colorant that is insoluble in the aqueous carrier, a polymer dispersant; and a linear polymer additive selected from the group consisting of an water soluble, elastomeric ABA block polymer comprising an elastomeric B block and non-elastomeric A blocks; anionic polymers selected from neutralized acrylic and methacrylic acid polymers; cationic polymers selected from neutralized or quaternized amine polymers; water-dispersible .beta.-diketone containing polymers and ethylene oxide containing polymers.

Ink jet inks containing linear polymer additives

An ink jet ink composition is provided which contains an aqueous vehicle; a colorant; and a polymeric dispersant comprising 2 to 50% by weight of monomers selected from .beta.-diketone containing monomers and ureido monomers, as well as a combination of such ink with a media having basic groups such as primary or secondary amines and divalent cations.

Smear resistant pigmented ink jet inks containing .beta.-diketone or

Bleed between two adjacent inks on a printing medium may be reduced by selecting inks having the same ionic character, at least one ink containing an aqueous carrier medium and a pigment dispersion wherein the dispersant is a quaternized amine containing polymeric dispersant, and wherein the second ink contains an aqueous carrier medium, a colorant and optionally a polymer, wherein the colorant or the polymer has a sulfonate or phosphonate group. A process for alleviating bleed in printed elements comprising applying the first and second inks to a substrate in contact with each another is also described.

Ink set and process for alleviating bleed in printed elements

An ink set for alleviating bleed in multicolor printed elements employing a first ink and a second ink, each containing an aqueous carrier medium and a colorant; the colorant in the first ink being a pigment dispersion and the second ink containing a salt of an organic acid or mineral acid having a solubility of at least 10 parts in 100 parts of water at 25.degree. C.

A liquid developer is prepared from a liquid electrostatic developer concentrate comprising up to 80% toner solids and a surfactant. The liquid electrostatic developer concentrate may be prepared by preparing a liquid electrostatic developer containing up to 20% toner solids; subsequently adding a surfactant to the liquid electrostatic developer; and concentrating the liquid electrostatic developer. The surfactant permits the easy redispersion of the toner solids at the time of use.

Additives for liquid electrostatic developers

Positive-working electrostatic liquid developer consisting essentially of

Salts of acid-containing AB diblock copolymers as charge directors for

Process for the preparation of toner particles for electrostatic liquid developers comprising

Acid-containing A-B block copolymers as grinding aids in liquid

Negative-working electrostatic liquid developer consisting essentially of (A) nopolar liquid having Kauri-butanol value less than 30, present in major amount, (B) thermoplastic resin particles having an average particle size by area of less than 10 .mu.m, and (C) an AB diblock copolymer charge director compound as defined. Optionally a colorant and charge adjuvant are present. The process of making the electrostatic liquid developer is described. The electrostatic liquid developer is useful in copying, making proofs including digital color proofs, lithographic printing plates, and resists.

AB diblock copolymers as charge directors for negative electrostatic

A positive-working electrostatic liquid developer consisting essentially of (A) a nonpolar liquid having a Kauri-butanol value of less than 30, present in major amount, (B) thermoplastic resin particles, less than 10 .mu.m average by area particle size, (C) a nonpolar liquid soluble ionic or zwitterionic charge director compound, and (D) a substituted carboxylic acid or salt adjuvant as defined. Component (D) can be present in liquid (A) or dispersed in the resin particles. The process of preparation of the electrostatic liquid developer is described. The liquid developers are useful in copying, color proofing including digital color proofing, lithographic printing plates and resists.

Substituted carboxylic acids as adjuvants for positive electrostatic

Liquid electrostatic developer consisting essentially of

Liquid electrostatic developer containing multiblock polymers

A textile fabric suitable for use as a fire-blocking sheet in aircraft seat cushion comprises three to seven, fastened together nonwoven layers of hydarulically needled batts of aramid staple fibers.

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